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he goes back again. look at that visual. those beautiful children and his wife. >> congratulations to the marine captain. >> thank you for being part of the real story today. now it's time to go over to john scott who is filling in for shepherd smith today. thank you, i'm john scott and we're watching several major news stories this hour. police in new haven, connecticut have locked down several schools. an anonymous caller said his roommate was headed to yale with a gun. we don't even know if it could all be a hoax. we will let you know if anything happens. investigators scheduled to release a report right now on last year's mask massacre at sa
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hook. and a dangerous winter storm on the move. hundreds of flights canceled. head, how it could affect your thanksgiving travel plans. and inside the deal with iran, why critics say iranians are getting off easy. but first, from the fox news desk, a major development for that 16-year-old in stubenville, ohio. more school employees are facing charges in the case. this after an investigation into whether adults knew of the rape and failed to report it. >> it started out about the kids, but it is also just as much about the parents. about the grown ups, about the adults. how do you hold kids accountable
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if you don't hold the adults accountable. >> a judge convicted them of raping a girl that year. so what charges are the adults facing, mike? >> you know, john, part of what made this case catch national attention was all of the blog and internet traffic alleging that school officials were part of a cover up to protect star football players. now when we look at the indictment, it's a strong indication that there was indeed a cover up. one count of tampering with evidence. one count of falsification, one of obstructing official business. the first three counts are felonies. the superintendent is looking at
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the possibility of seven years. the attorney general says this shows the priorities are out of line. >> what should have been happening is the person who was doing that should have been worrying about the victim. >> there was two other indictments handed down today to a coach and a principal. that bridges the total number of indictments to six. if you remember back in october, an information specialist was dieted for dampering with evidence. his daughter was also dieted related to this case. what is interesting to note is him and the superintendant are
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convicted, they could get more time than those charged in the rape. this chapter closes in this case and the court cases are to follow, john. >> mike tobin, thank you, mike. the president just minutes ago talking about the deal with iran. he says the u.s. cannot close the door to democracy and commit to an endless cycle of conflict. he is in san francisco pushing for immigration reform. also, fox news confirmed that the white house had secret talks for had months before reaching this deal over the weekend over the nuclear program. according to the senior state department official they held at least five meetings since march. they lead to the agreement with iran which the u.s. and five other countries signed. under the deal, iran agrees to a
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six month pause in it's nuclear program in exchange of about $7 billion in relief from financial restrictions. they will work next year to make sure that iraq does not develop a nuclear weapon. as john kerry points out, enforcing the deal is more challenging than reaching it. >> now the hard part begins. >> there are many skeptics, among them is benjamin netanyahu. he says it brings them closer to developing a nuclear weapon. >> what was concluded in geneva last night is not a historic agreement, it's a historic mistake. it has not made the world a safer place. >> hours after those comments,
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president obama called the is isreali prime minister. some of the allies are criticizing this deal. >> that's true, the democrat of maryland calls this a marginal improvement. that was among the more receptive. this agreement did not proportionally reduce iran's nuclear program. they agreed to hold off on new sanctions for the six month lifestyle of the deal. not so for charles schumer of new york who pushed for new sanctions next week. iran simply freeszs it's n freer
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capabilities while we help their sanctions. the majority leader senator cantor -- >> 20% enrichment, and the p plutonium reactor, those are all stopped in their tracks. >> ben rhodes spoke out about whether they get to continue to enrich uranium. however, this deal didn't call for any facilities to be dismantled. >> some analysts are saying this whole thing changes an already volatile region. >> quite possibly so. our arab allies are giving voice
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to concern that the u.s. is moving away from allies in the region. they trained on the accord itself. >> it is a bad deal. it takes all of the pressure from iran without getting anything in return and the iranians are laughing all of the way to the bank. >> one analyst suggested the real loser in all of this could be the palestinians. now it could be tougher to enlist in any negotiations. >> at the white house, thank you. michael joins us now, he is a senior fellow in dc part of a public policy organization. michael, a historic mistake, it will prevent iran from creating
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a nuclear weapon says president obama, which is it? >> it's neither. i think it is a reasonable tactical move. we will be able to see in six months who was right. but it's not going to settle any big issues in and of itself if you're for or against it. it's true that we're relating several billion dollars and that is a pretty big incentive. as i calculate it, that is about a 1% increase if they get it in that period of time. that will not lead to any sustainable and economic improvimprov improved ground. so they have a powerful incentive to come back. yes you can argue they have more in the short-term deal than they gave up, that is possible. it is a gamble trying to create a climate where he can point to his critics in iran and say i
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can get relief. so we can debate the tactics, but we will learn a lot more in six months. >> michael, thank you. college students missing in the wilderness. now there is word searchers have found the hikers, so how are they doing? hundreds of flights canceled as a storm rumbles across the the nation. will it affect your thanksgiving plans? that's coming up.
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a deadly winter storm makes it's way across the united states and threatens to disrupt one of the busiest travel days of the year. here you can see roads covered with a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. officials say these conditions caused hundreds of car crashes and killed at least 14 people. meteorologist say the southern rockies got most of the snow, up to four feet in some parts. today it is moving through texas, oklahoma, and arkansas. over 300 flights have been canceled from the dallas airport alone. it will move to the northeast on wednesday. according to aaa 40 million americans are expected to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. we are joined now from the weather center.
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j janice, a badly timed storm. >> we have the the radar showing us where the moisture is. we are getting kind of that icy mix here, so that could be very dangerous on the roadways. you want to make sure you're listening to your local forecast. as we go further out in time, we'll see some snow push across portions of kentucky up towards the ohio river valley. the temperatures will drop into the overnight, john. >> when is the worst of it expected to hit the big city? >> tuesday night into wednesday, so if you want to make your plans on thursday it will be out of here. the worst will be tuesday afternoon into tuesday night and wednesday for all of the big cities. so let's track it here. there is the storm systemin. heavy rain across the northeast.
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this is tuesday afternoon and you see that freezing rain mix. dc we think mainly a rain vfl. along the coast mainly a rain event. tuesday afternoon and tuesday evening, overnight tuesday and wednesday, that's when the worst travel will be. so if you're traveling in the air, that is going to be delayed for sure up and down the i-95 corridor. the forecast precipitation, several inches of rain here. interior sections up to six inches of snow. that will continue through thursday. it will have exited by thursday. the worst of the weather is when everyone is traveling. that is the latest models as we go into wednesday. going to cause delays from the mid-atlantic to the northeast. and you will see rain near the coast. as i mentioned you could see know on the backside, eventually
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the storm will exit on thursday, but the timing is just terrible, unfortunately, even i had to change my plans to tuesday morning. back to you. >> the forecast is for patience this week. >> yes, sir, you got it. >> thank you. >> rescuers say they have found a group of college students that went missing during a hiking trip in utah. they left to go backpacking south of salt lake city. some of their parents called police when they did not show up. a search helicopter saw them today and crews on snowmobiles took them out. anyone that tried online dating, one woman is making a new accusation that a lot of the profiles out there are really fakes. how does she know? she knows a lot of them are
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using her photo. that story coming up. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ]
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an up date now on the lock down at yale. specifically the old campus and calhoun college. police are continuing to search after they say at least two people reported seeing a man with a gun. no reports of shots fired and no reports of anybody hurt. according to officials familiar with the matter, they conducted room to room searches starting with residential college areas. the ivy league school is 80 miles north and east of new york city. more than 11,000 students attend yale. school officials say most of them are already home enjoying the thanksgiving holiday.
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match.com is one of the biggest conspiracies ever executed on the internet. that according to a $1.5 billion class action lawsuit filed in federal court. this model claims the dating site used her images to create more than 200 bow discuss profiles. the charges she filed are rico charges. it stands for racketeer influence corrupt organization act. it was to be used against mob owned or operated businesses. a spokesman says the class action suit is merit less and we're confident that our legal system is as adept as we are at detecting scammers and we'll will dismisthis case in short order. so what she is saying is that lots of people have posted
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profiles on match.com, maybe 20 or more using her photo. all of these are fakes and that match.com should have known about them. >> you can always plead a case but proving a case is more difficult. she is alleging there is copy right infringement they should have known about. the problem here is did she let match.com know they were using her photos without her consent prior to her filing this lawsuit? if she did, then there is an argument they were aware. they did nothing about it. again, there is an argument they were aware and they failed to do anything about it. why? they're raking in $350 million a year. that's the crux of the argument. >> she said it's a big company, but that there is filtering software they could have
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employed to run all of the photos of all of their members, and it would have revealed this fraud. are they obligated to do that? >> it will be up to a court to decide whether or not they should have gone out and purchased this software. the issue is, match.com is saying look, you're using this at your own risk. we're not here policing this site. what she is asking them, you need to start policing your site. if not, you could be liable for copyright infringement. >> she is an attractive young woman, a mother and a model, and people have been coming up to her left and right saying they saw her profile on match.com and she was never on it. >> remember, there were lawsuits brought by former match.com members. and the issue was that match.com didn't have any liability because they agreed to a use and
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term agreement. her argument is that agreement doesn't apply to me. she is a part time model, so selling her photos is how she makes her living. >> we're going to continue to keep an eye on this case, interesting, thank you. >> new york state troopers are reportedly spying on drivers to catch them texts behind the wheel. they're using tall unmarked svs to get a better look at drivers hands. new york is one of 41 states that bans texting for drivers. according to the national highway traffic safety administration, more than 600,000 drivers use devices at
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any moment. more than 3,000 people were killed and injured more than 400,000 last year alone. the debate over immigration reform has taken a back seat to health care reform in recent months. now president obama is trying to put the issue front and center. we'll bring you the latest from his speech in san francisco. plus, a teenage girl killed herself after alleged cyber bullying. now her mom is suing the parents of her accused bullies.
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more of today's headlines, susan rice met with the afghan president today in kabul. he is still refusing to sign the agreement. he says he wants to leave it up to the next president. the u.s. is pushing him to sign
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by the end of the year. the united nations reports the first talks between syria's government and opposition leaders are set for jan. they estimate the civil war there killed more than 1,000 people. an italian prosecutor is asking to reinstate amanda knox's conviction. but an appeals court overturns that verdict and she is back home in the u.s. more ahead from the news desk after this.
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the mother of a 12-year-old florida girl who killed herself after months of cyber bullies is shoeing the parents of her daughter's alleged bullies. but a judge last week dropped
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the charges and today her mother spoke about what she plans to do next in her, quote, crkrussade over bullies. >> yes, her daughter jumped to her death back in september. these lawsuits are to make sure that no other mother goes through the pain that she suffered, not about the money. >> i decided to file wrongful death lawsuits. i attend to hold them accountable to the furthest extend of the law. i will make sure that other children are not tormented like my daughter was. my goal is to use this personal tragedy to make society a safer place to live. >> norman and her attorneys are pushing what they call rebecca's law.
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a law that would criminalize bullying. >> so these legal battles, steve, how far could they go? >> they could expand beyond the orlando two teens that bullied her to her death this fall. as many as 12 members in that class, and the cement factory, and the school where she was bullied. >> steve, thank you. breaking news now. we have just gotten ahold of the refort for the newton massacre report. our team is going through the just released report page by page. it is almost a year after the massier in newtown, connecticut
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where authorities have beefed up security. it was almost a year ago when adam lanza murdered his mother and went to his former elementary school and gunned down 27 people, most of them first graders. in the months since the slaughter, police have released a little more than a list of weapons. there is the biggest question of all. why why anyone would murder innocent teachers and children. according to the report, it is something we may never know for sure. >> john, we're going through dozens and dozens of pages. the report has been released by the state's attorney general. to be blunt there are many questions left unanswered by these documents. it goes into detail about what adam lanza did on the morning of the shooting. the timeline of the events, what
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adam lanza had in his home when investigators went in there, and what they found in that school. it is gripping and quite awful in it's detail. we can tell you that investigators responded to that school, the first call came at 9:35 in the morning when he shot his way into the school, and according to this report, it was just a few -- fewer than 5:00 from that first 911 call, and one minute after the arrival of the first officer that lanza killed himself. fewer than 6:00 from the time the first officer arrived on the property to the first officer entered the school building, there was 26 people left dead, six educators and 20 students. most of whom were killed in first grade classrooms after he shot his way into that room. they found as arsenal of
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weapons. a bush master semiautomatic rival. they found a sigsaur handgun, and a tremendous amount of ammo left unfired, 250 live rounds on his body, and 61 rounds unfired from that semiautomatic rifle. just a awful series of events that day. in his home they found black s plastic bags over his windows. he had a number of violent video games, call of duty, grand theft auto, vice city, and doom. they found photos and other electronic evidence in the home of suicide by gunshot, games involving shooting kids in a
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school, and images of lanza, you see there, holding a handgun and a riffle to his own head. there is not a lot in here that can reveal as to why he may have killed off of these children. evidence suggests that he was obsessed with mass shootings. there was a four by seven sheet of mass murders and the weapons they used. he destroyed a harddrive from his main computer, so there is some evidence that investigators will never recover. they think for that reason they will close the investigation. they know there was no one else involved in that day's events. one other thing, john, they notified family members of victims. and we have a statement from the family of vick tire ya lee soto that includes these words. the releasing of this report is
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another blow our family has been dealt. while others search for the answer, we search for the how. how do we live without vicky, how do we celebrate christmas? how do we go on every day missing a piece of our family. there was nothing in the report that will answer those for us. also not included here are the word for word on the 911 calls, we may get those at some point. many of those came from surviving teachers in the school. >> rick getting a look at that report that just came out. all right. i have a criminal defense attorney and fox news legal analyst joining me now, the full report is enormous, this is an executive summary and there is criticism for how they decided to release it. the state attorney has been getting a lot of criticism. it is almost a year. but i'm on his side. you heard what the family just
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said, right? this is the worst case i have ever been involved with. he tried to protect the family, he is going to the appeals court to prevent the 911 tapes from being released. they just release emotion that's are so horrible. his only job was to determine if anyone else should be arrested. it is just to satisfy or curiosity, quite frankly, and maybe help us brent something going on. he was obsessed with the column bine shootings. that's the biggest thing that i take from here, and that he had significant mental health issues that affected his ability to interact with others. so what do we take away from this? when we identify people having a problem living in our society, we need to be more proactive to
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get them the help they need, whatever the professionals determine that is. >> there is nothing in here that suggests his mother or anyone else knew he was about to pop. >> they're trying, in these 44 pages, they try to determine a motive. they say we have no motive, we cannot determine a motive. they rely on the significant mental health issues or why he choose sandy hook. all they can conclude is that it was close to his home. >> the police have been criticized for their actions that day and subsequent in the investigation. but according to the report, the police were there in a couple minutes. >> he compliments themselves at the very end. that's how he ends the report. he says the police knew they were going into a building to save lives when their lives were at risk. he compliments them and he says the staff was nothing short of
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heroic. they asked heroically in trying to protect the children. the combination of the police and staff saved many children's lives. >> as was pointed out, as bad as this one, it could have been a lot worse. he left a lot of rounds unfired. >> it seems that the police and the staff of the school are getting that -- the credit for that. as i said, this -- just so you understand, this could have been one page that just says we conducted an investigation. the only assailant killed himself, no further arrests were due. he went through the kask, and you should not read this unless you have to. it's horrible what hammed in the school. >> when you heard that statement, if it doesn't invoke emotions -- i don't know what you're made out of. >> the doctor that helped take down the world's most dangerous
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terrorist, there is word he will face new charges from sexual harassment to murder. all in retribution for helping the united states get osama bin laden. hi. i'm henry winkler.
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don't wait, call now! prosecutors are out to frame the pakistani doctor who helped take out osama bin laden. that from his attorney and cousin. he says they're throwing all kinds of charges against the doctor that he says are bogus. he has been in jail since just after navy seals killed osama bin laden. he was charged with conspiracy. something his supporters say was revenge. when it appeared those charges might not stick, they charged him again.
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this time for murder in a case from six years ago when he reportedly tried to save a boy who had a medical emergency. president obama pushed congress to pass reform today. he spoke just a short time ago at a recreation center in san francisco's china town neighborhood. >> we need to make sure that washington finishes what so many americans like you started. we have to finish the job. and it's fitting that we're here in chinatown, just a few miles away from angel island. >> it was an entry point for hundreds and thousands of mostly asian immigrants in the early 20th century. the democratic controlled senate earlier this year passed a immigration bill, but republicans in the house would rather address the issue with a series of smaller issue.
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yesterday kevin mccarthy said immigration reform will happen and house speaker john boehner claimed reform is far from dead. mike willis is a reporter for "the hill" and covers immigration issues. where do we stand on this now? the senate passed it's bill, what does it look like the house is prepared to do, mike? >> they're not prepared to do anything. there is only eight legislative days left in the year. there is not time to pick up something so controversial. this is something that will be kicked until next year, they have passed several the committee level, but they never came up for a floor vote. for some reason they didn't want to bring it to the floor, and politically there is no real advantage for them to do so. most of their members are from such conservative districts and just don't have the latino voters that would make this thing advantageous. >> there are some that say, you
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know, immigration reform would be good for business and good for the entire country, what's the answer? >> well, you know, just about every group out there is lobbying hard on this. you see groups from the right, the left, and the u.s. chamber of commerce, religious groups, they're all saying they have to get it done. on a national level that makes sense, and you're seeing republican figures, guy that's have presidential ambitions, they're all pushing for it as well. because of the way the country is carved up congressionally, there is no advantage for these guys to vote on this thing and then have to go back to their districts where it's not popular. >> it's not lost on the president's detractors that they come out with a big push for immigration reform at a time when his approval rating stands at just 39%. some saying the president is trying to change the subject and
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bad mouth republicans at a time when his own personal popularity is plunging. >> yeah, they will say he is just getting beat up over the oba obama care website. go back to year ago, i'm graduation reform was the top priority of his reform. boehner said he want today do it, everybody was ready to go, and sandy hook happened a few weeks later and the senate worked on gun reform for four months, and then syria, and then the shut down, and now obama care, and it never seemed to get the momentum going. and the senate passed it with a strong bipartisan vote, but there was just never enough pressure for them to doing in with it. >> thank you, mike, for your expertise. >> thanks for having me. >> the balm care show down goes
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georgia today. >> no democrats attended, and the witnesses were opposed to or worried about obama care and the impacts on then. >> wood daul from georgia. >> 9 o 0,000 ken conditioniatuckia kentuckians, nearly 400,000 georgians have received cancelation notices. just those four states, that's nearly two million americans who have already been affected by obama care's unnecessary
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mandates. >> that number nationally is now over five million cancelations. a big part of the concern is that in rural states obama care's dramatically limiting options. that scares red state democrats worried about next year's elections. more than a few have signaled to their leadership in the white house that if things aren't fixed fast, they may have to join republicans in demanding delays of as much as a year in order to start things over and sort it all. >> what did the witnesses have to say? >> reporter: well, they expressed concerns as consumers. one of the witnesses was an ob-gyn. he tried to be diplomatic about it saying, well, there are people that obama care may help. but it's also hurting others, and that's unacceptable when doctors take an oath to first do no harm. watch -- >> parts of the affordable care act slated for implementation in 2014 will bring great change with real people tragically affected and others receiving great benefit. i know that it is too premature to know the full impact of the affordable care act. >> reporter: no democrats took part today. they say the house republicans were essentially putting on a sham to attack the affordable
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care act. democrats control the senate and could have hearings of their own. you don't see them too eager to talk about it. there's a lot of problems that they would rather not put themselves in front of the voters with a panel discussion under official business. >> a lot of problems indeed. thanks. a fox report now. more of today's headlines from the fox news deck. america's new ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy, visiting some of the areas still recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. she donated books to a school where an american teacher worked before dying in the disaster almost three years ago. britain's prince harry is in antarctica training for a two-week hike to the south pole. he'll be walking up to 13 miles each day in temperatures as low as 49 degrees below interior. >> i'm -- i got four limbs, and i'm completely fine. well, almost fine up here. >> the trip is a charity event for wounded troops. and a publicist for jon bon
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good news out of yale university. police there have lifted the lockdown for calhoun college. it is still in effect for the old campus downtown new haven. you might recall that this morning someone reported a man with a gun on campus. apparently the first police responders were seen by other citizens who saw them with guns. that may have led to the confusion. so far, nobody has been arrested or detained. on this day in 1783, the last of the remaining british troops left the united states. the american revolution had effectively ended two years earlier. but it took some time for the u.s. and the brits to sign an official treaty. the remaining red coats eventually packed their bags and set sail from new york city. they had captured the place back
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in 1776. general george washington rode into the city full of people cheering the brit' departure. the patriots claimed new york -- reclaimed it 230 years ago today. i'm jon scott in for shepherd smith. see you back here on the news desk tomorrow. fox on top of mother nature. bearing down on your mother-in-law? a fierce winter storm already canceling more than 1,000 flights ahead of thanksgiving. and that number is expected to grow and grow. hold to that drumstick because this could be tough. welcome, everyone. an arctic blast that is slamming throughout the southwest and coming eastward fast. this monster heading brit much anywhere and everywhere. there are people congregating, creating treacherous travel conditions ahead of the crucial thanksgiving holiday. and while the southwest deals with snow and sleet and freezing rain, the east coast is in a ep